Distributing apparatus.



C. CAPSONI.

DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED. APR. 20. 1914.

1,146,132. Patented July 13,1915.

UNITED T ESTPA OFFICE new 94 1 91 awsserama EF T FI TW AWAEA UZ To allaohom it may concern.

Be it known Qthat IQCA RLQ ,CArsoNr, engineer, subject of ;the King of Italy, residing at Alessandria, Kingdom of Italy, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Distributing Apparatus, of which the following isja specification.

The present invention has reference todistributing apparatus, and it proposes, briefly, certain hereinafter-described improvements in the construction of an apparatus of the general class or character indicated, where by the material to be distributed is discharged, preferably by means of a blower, from a hopper or other container into va chamber, through which it falls and is spread out evenly over a movable receiver or collector, so as to fill the pockets thereof, the arrangement being such that at the conclusion of the operation, each pocket will contain an amount of material proportionate to its area.

According to the invention, the afore-mentioned receiver or collector comprises a cylindrical receptacle or pan which is located at the bottom of a vertical chamber or chute, into which the material undergoing treatment is delivered and spread by the blower. Also, the pockets with which the receiver is equipped are preferably sector-shaped, and may be either of the same dimensions, or of different dimensions in the former instance, the quantity of material contained in all of the pockets at the conclusion of the opera tion will be the same, and in the latter instance it will be proportionate to the areas of the pockets.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figures 1 and 2 are, respectively, a side elevation and a plan view.

Referring more particularly to said drawing, the apparatus, as therein shown, consists of the following main parts or instrumentalities, to wit :a hopper, or like container A, to which the material is supplied, a blower B, a flaring tube or other closed passage or funnel C leading from the blower to the vertical spreading chamber or chute D, and a receiver or collector F located at the bottom of the said chamber. All of these parts may be constructed of any suitable material or materials, and may have, generally, any desired size and shape. Also, they may be supported in any preferred "Specification of he ttersPatent. Patented J u1y1 3, 191 55. ap nc ii fi ed apruzo, 1 914. S.e,ria1 1 Io...833,1 97.

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The hopper A opens at its lower end into a short passage or tube Kthat leads into the blower B, as shown in Fig. 2, and contains a feed screwor other conveyer L,,by means of which a regular anduniform discharge of the material fromthe hopper ,to the blower is obtained. The blower communicates, in turn, with thechamber ;D by way of the funnel or passage .0, the said chamber being .preferablyconstituted by atapered or frustoconical shell which, as already stated, is

disposed vertically in the framework H, and into the upper part of which the aforesaid funnel opens. The receiver or collector F is located directly beneath the open lower end of the shell D, and is of cylindrical shape, its diameter being the same as that of said end. It is removably supported upon a horizontal plate or disk E, and is divided into a plurality of sector-shaped compartments or cells, which may be either of the same or different dimensions, as will be understood. The plate E is mounted axially upon a Vertical shaft N, (Fig. 2), which is driven from a main shaft M by belting c, the said shaft M being also utilized to drive the blower through the agency of belting b. Said plate and receiver are arranged coaXially, and .the former is disposed horizontally and is driven at a speed which is proportional to that of the blower and which is preferably maintained constant, the feed screw L being connected to the blower shaft, so that it likewise is driven from shaft M.

By virtue of the arrangement above described, it will be apparent that the material which is discharged into the chamber D by the action of the blower, will spread out on entering thereinto, owing to the divergent or flaring construction of the funnel C, and will fall through said chamber into the col lecting pan F, the rapidity of its fall varying in accordance with the weight of the particles or the like of which it is composed. The interior of the collecting pan is preferably divided into a plurality of sectorshaped compartments or pockets P, as originally stated, and these pockets, all of which radiate from the center of the pan, may be either of the same size, or of different sizes. Consequently, in the former instance, even if the flow of the material and the speed of rotation of the pan are not absolutely constant, each pocket, at the conclusion of the operation, will contain the same quantity of material; in the latter instance, under the same conditions, the quantity of material in each pocket will vary according to its area.

The apparatus may be used in connection with granular, powdered, or other material, as well as with hair and other fiocculent substances, and in addition to the parts above described, it may, if desired, include a suction fan or like eXhauster, (not shown), which may be connected with the spreading chamber, to facilitate the passage of the material therethrough.

I claim 1. In a distributing apparatus, the combination, with a hopper, and a blower communicating with the outlet thereof; of a vertical spreading chamber having an open lower end; a conduit leading from said blower to said chamber; a pocketed horizontal collector disposed co-axially with said chamber and located beneath its open end;

and means for constantly rotating said collector and driving said blower.

2. In a distributing apparatus, the combination, with a hopper, and a blower communicating with the outlet thereof; of a vertical spreading chamber having an open lower end; a flaring conduit connecting said blower with the upper portion of said chamber; a horizontal collector disposed coaxially with said chamber and located beneath its lower end, said collector having its interior divided into a plurality of open, sectorshaped pockets which radiate from its center; and means for constantly rotating said collector and driving said blower.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARLO GAPSONI.

l/Vitnesses GIOVANNI GAHRINO, MARCO SEMENYE.

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